Pierre Graber
Pierre Graber (born December 6, 1908 in La Chaux-de-Fonds , † July 19, 2003 in Lausanne ; resident in La Chaux-de-Fonds and Langenbruck ) was a Swiss politician ( SP ) from the canton of Neuchâtel . As a member of the Federal Council , he headed the Political Department for eight years and was therefore responsible for Swiss foreign policy. In 1975 he held the office of Federal President and signed the Helsinki CSCE Final Act on behalf of Switzerland . Graber was married three times: in 1931 he married Margarete Gawronsky, this marriage was divorced in 1936; In 1939 he married Lina Pierrette Meilland, who died in 1974; in his third marriage from 1977 he was married to Renée Noverraz (nee Renée Avilon).
Career
Pierre Graber's father Ernest-Paul Graber was a politician of the Social Democratic Party (SP) and a publicist . Pierre Graber studied law, business and administration at the University of Neuchâtel and became a lawyer in Lausanne in 1933 . He belonged to the (SP). He held the following political mandates at the time:
- 1934–1945: Municipal Council ( Legislature of Lausanne)
- 1937–1946: Cantonal Council
- 1946–1949: Mayor of Lausanne
- 1949–1962: Municipal Finance Director
- 1962–1970: Councilor of State , head of the cantonal finance department
- 1942–1969: National Council
- 1966: President of the National Council
He was elected to the Federal Council on December 10, 1969 and took office on February 1, 1970. During his tenure he headed the Political Department. Graber was Federal President in 1975 and Vice President in 1974. On January 31, 1978, he resigned as Federal Councilor. In 2003 he died of heart failure in Lausanne.
At the beginning of 2016, based on research by the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, the assumption was made that Graber, through the mediation of Jean Ziegler, concluded a secret standstill agreement with the then openly terrorist Palestinian Liberation Organization PLO - without the knowledge of his Federal Council colleagues: Switzerland should therefore be spared further terrorist acts stay, but she supported the PLO in their efforts to gain diplomatic recognition at the UN headquarters in Geneva. Shortly afterwards, for unknown reasons, charges were not brought against a Palestinian suspect of the attack on Swissair flight 330, which left 47 dead. This representation, in turn, is questioned by other contemporary witnesses and sources. A working group from the federal administration found no evidence that would have confirmed the thesis of a secret agreement.
Visits abroad
year | Country |
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1970 | Democratic Republic of Congo |
Netherlands | |
Luxembourg | |
France | |
1971 | Austria |
Belgium | |
Finland | |
1972 | United Kingdom |
France | |
Sweden | |
Italy | |
1973 | Egypt |
Austria | |
Israel | |
1974 | People's Republic of China |
Sri Lanka | |
Germany | |
1975 | Austria |
1976 | Tunisia |
Spain | |
Austria | |
Greece | |
1977 | Belgium |
France | |
Sweden | |
Portugal | |
Spain |
Works
- Memories and reflections. Editions 24 heures, Lausanne 1992, ISBN 2-8265-1096-7 .
Web links
- Pierre Jeanneret: Graber, Pierre. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Pierre Graber in the database Dodis the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland
- Pierre Graber on the Federal Council website
- Obituary for Pierre Graber, former President of the National Council and former Federal Councilor. In: parlament.ch of September 15, 2003.
Individual evidence
- ^ Marc Tribelhorn: Swiss Terror Years. Der Machtmensch , portrait, Neue Zürcher Zeitung from January 22, 2016.
- ↑ Marcel Gyr: Up close and personal with terrorists , Neue Zürcher Zeitung of January 20, 2016.
- ↑ Marcel Gyr: Swiss Terror Years Jean Ziegler's Secret Mission , Neue Zürcher Zeitung of January 20, 2016.
- ↑ Phillipe Reichen: There was no secret deal with the PLO , Tages-Anzeiger dated February 6, 2016.
- ↑ Philippe Reichen: Graber's secret crisis agenda , Tages-Anzeiger, February 12, 2016.
- ↑ The Federal Council takes note of the report of the interdepartmental working group "1970". Retrieved July 10, 2017 .
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Franz Josef Kurmann |
President of the Swiss National Council 1965 - 1966 |
Alfred Schaller |
Willy Spühler |
Member of the Swiss Federal Council 1970 - 1978 |
Pierre Aubert |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Graber, Pierre |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician (SP) |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1908 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | La Chaux-de-Fonds |
DATE OF DEATH | July 19, 2003 |
Place of death | Lausanne |